Railway-car.



A. W. SULLIVAN & W. RENSHAW.

'RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912.

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A. W. SULLIVAN & W. RENSHAW.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov.za.191z.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov 23. 1912y Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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RAILWAY CAR. APPLoATIoN FILED NovA 2s, 1912.

Patensed 17, 1914,.

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ALBERT W. SULLIVAN, POUG-HKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, AND WILLIAM RENSHAW,

` 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALBERT W. SULLI- VAN and WiLmAM RnNs'I-IAW, citizens of the United States, residing in Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, and inthe city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, respectively, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The princlpal object of our invention is to provide a new and improved substantially all steel railway car. y

Another' object of our invention is to provide such a car, of the classy known as postal cars, so framed and constructed as to etliciently withstand the tremendous stresses incident to the use of such cars.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a car so framed as to present a comparatively smooth exterior side surface.

A further object of the invention is to build such a car in simple, eflicient, and comparatively inexpensive manner.

All these objects, and others, will be readily understood and appreciated in connection with the following description of one specific embodiment of our invention which we have illustrated in the accompanying drawings. For definition of our invention we refer to the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings-Fivure 1 is a side elevation of one end of our 1mproved car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the line 2 in Fig. 1, looking down. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4 of Fig. 3, looking down. Fig. 5 is a vertical section showing a detail of the bolster construction; and Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the elements of the side wall all spaced apart slightly from their normal relative positions.

This car is one of the type in which the sides of the car act as the main carrying members having their support at the bol` sters: in other words, each side 'Wall' of the car 'between the holsters constitutes a side truss or girder, and these trusses substantially carry the Weight of the car and trans- Patented Mar. 17, 1914. Application led November 23, 1912. Serial No. 733,067. l

mit the same'through the bolster-s to the wheeled-trucks of the car.

Along each side, extending the entire length of the-car, is a side sill 15, consisting of a channel beam with its web in avertical plane and its flanges in a horizontal plane and directed inwardly. On each side sill 15 stands a series of vertical side posts 16, 4 of an I-beam l each of such posts'consistin with lts web standlng 1n a p ane transverse to the length of the car. By the use. of an ture is the result. Furthermore, this I-beam construction facilitates assemblin of the structure and renders fastening o the side plates or walls comparatively easy and secure, since in rivetinglor drilling flanges, access may be readily ad thereto by the inechanics. Altng the upper part of each side wall extends a plate 17 consisting. of an angle iron. Each plate 17 rests on the upper ends of the corresponding side posts 16. The corner angles 25 connect the lower ends of the posts 16 to the side, sills 15, and the corner angles 26 connect the upper ends of the post-s 16 to the plate 17.

Rectangular sheets or plates of steel 18 are applied to the outer sides of the posts 16 to form an outer plating or wall. sheets, near or adjacent to the ends of the car, are made a little thicker than those at the middle, and the transition from the thick sheets to the thin sheets is effected by joints, as shown in Fig. 4, where the thick sheet is designated 18 and the thin sheet 18. A thin strip or shim 19 is placed under the These thinner sheet 18', then a hatten 20 is. lapped over the meeting edges of the sheets 18 and 18 and the parts are all secured, preferably by means of' the rivets 21. @n the inside face of the side wall Similar Steel'sheets 22 and 22 are applied, and a similar shim 23 is employed to compensate for the thinner sheet 22 at the meeting edges of 'adjacent sheets of different thickness. The inside plates 22 'and 22 are secured lto the iianges of the side posts, preferably by means of machine screws 24.

llfhe upper framework yof the car, which supports the roof, is designated 27 the cross members of the car underframe are designated .28, and the holsters '30. The` cross members and thev bolsters'are secured at Vframe members. Furthermore, these side walls .extending between the roof structure and the .floor structure, act as the trusses or girders, not merely a portion thereof, so that the stress, due toshock or collision, -does not tend to shed ed any portion of the side walls, but presents a rigid and strong structure, resisting all stresses at the ends of the car whether applied adjacent' the iioor or the" froof structure. This advantage is not prerent .in the form of structure in present day vuse and is highly advantageous;

' scribed is very simple, utilizes commercial' Side door openings for the car are left between certain pairs of side parts, and 4these are iinished by inserting the angles 32 which form side casings for the door openings. The end walls 33 o-f the car have a construe? tion similar to that ofthe side walls, asi

structural steel. shapes, combines them in a simple manner to form strong, rigid side walls constituting at the same time the carrying members for the load of the car.

One advantage of the construction that we have herein disclosed is that the side walls of the car present a fairly smooth exterior, which ismore to the liking of some of the railway oiiicials than when the posts or elements of the posts are on the exterior.

By constructing they side walls in the manner described and using suitable dimensions for the posts 16 the sum of the section moduli of all the posts taken at 'any l'iorizontall section between the tloor line and top lline' is made suiiicient to meet the requirements of.

cent the ends ofthe car vbeing of greater thickness than the middle plates.

vbeam side posts, certain of said plates adjn- 2. ln. a railway car'of the class described,

side plate girder walls formed of an upper.

chord or plate located adjacent theroof of said car,a lower chord or side sill adjacent the. floor of said car,..a series of Vertical wrought metal I-beam side posts with their web portions arranged transversely of the lengthof the car and forming struts for said side-carrying member and connecting the upperA andv lower chords together, and a double wall of sheet metal sheathing coin-l prising outside vand inside metal plates at tached along their edges to the exterior and interior anges of said I-beam side posts, one pair of inside and outside plates being. secured to each side post on one side of the web thereof and the adjacent pair of inside and outside plates being attached to the flanges of said post along the other side of the web thereof.

8. In a railway car of the class described,..

sidecarrying member and connecting the upper and lower chords together, and a double wall of sheet metaly sheathing comprising outside and inside 'metal plates attached along their edges to the exterior and .interior flanges of said -beam side posts,

onepair of inside and outside plates being secured to each side post on one side of the web thereof and the adjacent pairV of inside andA outside lates being attached to the.

flanges of sai post along theother side vof the web thereof, said outside plates being securedl. to said side" posts by riyets or the like, said inside plates being detachably secured to said posts by bolts or the like.

.4. In ,a railwaycar, channel beam side sills and a series of l-beam side posts standing thereon and Asecured thereto with their webstransverse to the length. of the car and extending between .said side' 4siils and the Yrooi structure of said cari, plates' on top of saidii-hearnposts, corner angles connecting les' Copies ot this patent may be obtained for and securing the upper and, lower ends of said I-beam side posts t-o the said plates and side sills, respectively, a double wall of sheet met-al sheathlng attached-to the outside and inside flanges ofsaid I-beam side posts, the plates of said metal sheathing* adjacent the ends of said cars being of greater thickness than the intermediate plates of said metal sheathing, metal hatten strips vertically arranged over the meeting edges of the side plates, and shims arranged between the edges` of the thinner plates and the flanges of the I- beam posts to compensate for the difference nvc cents each, by

Washington, D. C.

'in thickness of the plates and to present substantially smooth exposed surfaces.

ALBERT W'. SULLIVAN. VILLIAM RENSH W.

Witnesses to the signature of' Willialn Renshaw:

M. J. SWEENEY, M. LAHNDORFF.

addressing the Commluloner of Tatents, 

